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Acts 28:17-20; Acts 28:21-22; Acts 28:25-28
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Acts 28:17-20
17
Three days later he called together the local Jewish leaders. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: “My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
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They examined me and wanted to release me, because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death.
19
The Jews objected, so I was compelled to make an appeal to Caesar. I certainly did not intend to bring any charge against my own people.
20
For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
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Acts 28:21-22
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Acts 28:25-28
25
They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said through Isaiah the prophet:
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“ ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
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For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
28
“Therefore I want you to know that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
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